diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/__init__.py
index 4f5afb3..50afa0b 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ config = [{
                     'description': 'The category CP places the nzb in. Like <strong>movies</strong> or <strong>couchpotato</strong>',
                 },
                 {
+                    'name': 'priority',
+                    'default': '0',
+                    'type': 'dropdown',
+                    'values': [('Very Low', -100), ('Low', -50), ('Normal', 0), ('High', 50), ('Very High', 100)]
+                },
+                {
                     'name': 'manual',
                     'default': 0,
                     'type': 'bool',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
index 0d9c52a..a799482 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
                 log.error('Protocol Error: %s', e)
             return False
 
-        if rpc.append(nzb_name, self.conf('category'), False, standard_b64encode(filedata.strip())):
+        if rpc.append(nzb_name, self.conf('category'), int(self.conf('priority')), False, standard_b64encode(filedata.strip())):
             log.info('NZB sent successfully to NZBGet')
             return True
         else: